The Durban producer is set to explore new horizons with the EP UMTHAKATHI, set to release at the start of 2022 on Gqom Oh! Combining the two Zulu words “thaka” (mix) and “muthi” (medicine), Dominowe’s […]

We sat down with Masma Dream World to talk about her Gabonese origins, her musical introductions, and the many mystic moments and ghost stories along the way.

The four track project, to be released via Shika Shika, was created amidst the sun and the waves of the Indian ocean. Labalamer was composed during 2021 after Dilo aka Eat My Butterfly’s return to […]

Essiebons Special 1973 – 1984 Analog Africa For most of the 1970s, Dick Essilfie-Bondzie’s Dix and Essiebons labels were synonymous with the best in modern highlife, and the producer’s roster made for a who’s-who of […]

The visuals transport the listener to a cinematic mafioso atmosphere for a second German-Ghanaian collaboration.  Setting the tone for their upcoming Way Out East album with recent singles “Check the Vibe” and “These Days”, Berlin-based […]

Fresh from their first album, the Angolan aliens present a video conceived as an “audiovisual logbook on humans, rather than a self-promotional tool”. For the record, IKOQWE was born from the union of Pedro Coquenão, […]

Let’s take a few tours and detours all over the continent to discover some of its guitar masters. To hear them at their best you often have to wait until the 1st verse or chorus is over; wait for the song to bloom and for the guitarist to rise.

PAM spoke with Denise Chaila after a moving Pitchfork Paris performance to get the inside take on her pointed lyrics, the challenges and empowerment of a multi-hyphenate identity, and the emerging Limerick rap scene.